Stress status and related characteristics among urban residents: A six-province capital cities study in china

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Tingzhong ^a   Rockett, Ian R H ^b   Lv, Qiaohong ^a   Cottrell, Randall R ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MANAGER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PENSIONER; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; URBAN POPULATION; CITY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHINA; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856049147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030521     Document Type: Article

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